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 ***'''''Geranosi''', the Broken-Winged Crane'' ([[Wordman]])<br>An alternative to the more involved version of this book of evil spelled out by [[FourWillowsWeeping]] in the [[Oramus]] entry, these demons are twisted and corrupt shadows of their creator, embodied in books. What's more, they know they are flawed, that their only hope of being made whole is to bring a reader, the more powerful the better, home. They lack mobility and voice, but when their knowledge is inevitably accessed, most will introduce their reader to Gruidtsuru, one way or another. Others hate themselves and their maker, and will connect to another demon out of spite. Still others have been usurped and converted to serve other masters.
 **'''''[[Shataina/Anjelen|Anjelen]]''', Wisdom and Indulgent, The Blood-Sacrament'' ([[Shataina]])<br>Anjelen, a double-sexed being, is a dichotomy within itself: male, it is an ascetic priest; female, it is a veritable Maenad. It loves sacred things, but its definitions of sacred and profane shift with its sex, along with its beliefs and emotions. The wise sorcerer avoids it, for they say that even some bindings do not apply to all its forms.
-*'''Euthychia''', The Bull Slain on Stagnation's Altar
+*'''Euthychia''', The Bull Slain on Stagnation's Altar<br>([[Kukla]]) The Bull is that soul of the Ebon Dragon born from his fetishistic obsession with the impending and the inevitable, and it is through the psychological impulses represented by that old demon that the Dragon gave rise to [[Fate]].
 *'''Marsilion''', the Eidolon of Shadow ([[Quendalon]])<br>In every shadowed hall and darkened cellar of the Demon City, Marsilion waits.  He exists to know and to share the solitude of the shadows, and his patience is boundless.  The demons of Malfeas bring light with them whenever they tread the dark places lest they fall victim to his power.  Marsilion has no body of his own; he manifests by possessing a mortal host, which hardens into a slowly moving statue of black stone, and he will do the same to any summoner who fails to provide a suitable vessel.  In his presence, dead flesh turns to stone and shed blood becomes a fine black dust that sifts away on the wind.  His touch petrifies flesh and bone, turning victims into living statues, immobile but aware, forever trapped in a prison of obsidian or basalt.  He may offer a summoner knowledge of anything that occurs in darkness.
 **'''''Achololim''', Wisdom, He Who Awaits the Sign'' ([[Quendalon]])<br>Like a gargoyle, the bat-headed, bat-winged Achololim perches atop the parapets of the Demon City.  Jet-black skin, threaded with scars white as bone, covers his muscular frame, and his barbed tail lashes the air.  Wherever he goes, even into Creation, the very stones beneath his feet whisper their own secret dooms.  Achololim awaits the coming of a nameless being whose destiny has been blazoned upon the twisted skies of Malfeas.  He knows nothing of the one he seeks, not even whether it is a demon, a mortal, or some other thing; but he continues to watch, and wait, for he knows that his time will come.
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 *'''''Typhon''', the Serpent Beyond the Light'' - ([[Han'ya]])<br>
 **'''''Natraph''', Warden, the Persistent Knife'' ([[Han'ya]])<br>Natraph has the form of a woman, and a woman of class and elegance, of refinement and delicacy and beauty. Always she carries knives carved from bone, with which she cuts herself and does what battle she may. Lovers she takes, legions of lovers, and to every one she gives slow madness, weakness to disease, burning pain in urination, genital warts, blindness, any of a host of maladies. A favored few receive a drop of her blood, a few hairs tucked into a cut, or a kiss that leaves a sore that does not heal. Natraph is also called Queen Doubt, for her voice by its very sound instills doubt, uncertainty, and treacherous sentiments. She delights to see beings fighting each other over something that is bad for them (such as herself). Whenver she is not elsewhere, she dances across the hide of her lord, slashing him here and there with her knives (given to her, carved from his fingerbones, as a token of regard before the Primordial War, when the Ebon Dragon was not as he is), whispering taunts and torments in his ears, kissing him and teasing his secret parts until they are raw with desire for her, and always just a step ahead of his reaching talons.
-* '''''Irmuska''', the Norn Unkindly'' ([[Kukla]])<br>The Norn Unkindly is that soul of the Ebon Dragon born from his fetishistic obsession with the impending and the inevitable, and it is through the psychological impulses represented by that old demon that the Dragon gave rise to [[Fate]].
 * ??? Unknown Progenitor
-**Sekai, the Shadow-Rider
+**'''Sekai''', the Shadow-Rider
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 *'''''Typhon''', the Serpent Beyond the Light'' - ([[Han'ya]])<br>
 **'''''Natraph''', Warden, the Persistent Knife'' ([[Han'ya]])<br>Natraph has the form of a woman, and a woman of class and elegance, of refinement and delicacy and beauty. Always she carries knives carved from bone, with which she cuts herself and does what battle she may. Lovers she takes, legions of lovers, and to every one she gives slow madness, weakness to disease, burning pain in urination, genital warts, blindness, any of a host of maladies. A favored few receive a drop of her blood, a few hairs tucked into a cut, or a kiss that leaves a sore that does not heal. Natraph is also called Queen Doubt, for her voice by its very sound instills doubt, uncertainty, and treacherous sentiments. She delights to see beings fighting each other over something that is bad for them (such as herself). Whenver she is not elsewhere, she dances across the hide of her lord, slashing him here and there with her knives (given to her, carved from his fingerbones, as a token of regard before the Primordial War, when the Ebon Dragon was not as he is), whispering taunts and torments in his ears, kissing him and teasing his secret parts until they are raw with desire for her, and always just a step ahead of his reaching talons.
+* '''''Irmuska''', the Norn Unkindly'' ([[Kukla]])<br>The Norn Unkindly is that soul of the Ebon Dragon born from his fetishistic obsession with the impending and the inevitable, and it is through the psychological impulses represented by that old demon that the Dragon gave rise to [[Fate]].
+* ??? Unknown Progenitor
-**Sekai, the Shadow-Rider (third circle demon unknown)
+**Sekai, the Shadow-Rider
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 *'''''Helisquinde''', the Light That Casts the Shadows'' ([[Quendalon]])<br>Even the brightness of the Green Metal Sun is as a candle-flame before the blaze of Helisquinde.  She drifts through the streets of the Demon City like a hurricane of white brilliance; those caught in her glare burn away, leaving only their shadows behind.  Whatsoever endures her radiance casts a second shadow forever after.  One so marked attracts the creatures of the night, and if it has a soul, an inexorable darkness sprouts and burgeons therein.  On such occasions as Helisquinde desires a mortal shape, she shrouds her radiance behind a veil of cold mist, so that she is merely as bright as a winter’s day.  In this semblance, her exquisite beauty inspires an unnatural, poisonous envy.  She is both passionate and calculating, compassionate and cruel; when she tests the strong with her beauty and her fire, she dreams of their success but relishes their failure.
 *<i><b>[[TedPro/Fendoril|Fendoril]]</b>, The Heart Of Ice And Shadow</i> <br> Within every human is the capacity to die within, and Fendoril can then make that human's heart into ice. Fendoril loves to do so; he offers the cold comfort of mercilessness. The Heart of Ice and Spiders is without remorse.
 **Sekai, the Shadow-Rider (third circle demon unknown)

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 **<b>Makarios</b>, Warden, the Sigil's Dreamer
 ***<b>Chrysogona</b>, the Crying Woman
-**<i><b>[[TheMyriadOfShades/Nedian | Nedian]]</b>, Defining, The Unknown Dark</i> ([[TheMyriadOfShades]])<br>Nedian's true shape is that of Erembour's true shadow-- when he is off on his own, either by some private whim or by sorcerous command, Erembour is left to effortlessly craft a more mundane shadow for herself. If Nedian were to be destroyed, Erembour would temporarily be without a real shadow and would lose her command over the creatures of the night (and, in Malfeas, the monsters that lurk in the Ebon Dragon's Shadow) until she regenerated him. This takes a lunar month in Creation, a week in Malfeas, and a single night if she can summon Aluveia to her side and set her to the task of remaking Nedian. Nedian can take the shape of any of the creatures of the night, but is more often a formless, shifting shadow. He has no human shape, as his was the love of the dark beyond human settlements, from whence spring the things that haunt men in the darkness. The creatures of the underways beneath the world do homage to him, for his darkness is that of things beyond the influence of both men and gods.
+**<i><b>[[TheMyriadOfShades/Nedian|Nedian]]</b>, Defining, The Unknown Dark</i> ([[TheMyriadOfShades]])<br>Nedian's true shape is that of Erembour's true shadow-- when he is off on his own, either by some private whim or by sorcerous command, Erembour is left to effortlessly craft a more mundane shadow for herself. If Nedian were to be destroyed, Erembour would temporarily be without a real shadow and would lose her command over the creatures of the night (and, in Malfeas, the monsters that lurk in the Ebon Dragon's Shadow) until she regenerated him. This takes a lunar month in Creation, a week in Malfeas, and a single night if she can summon Aluveia to her side and set her to the task of remaking Nedian. Nedian can take the shape of any of the creatures of the night, but is more often a formless, shifting shadow. He has no human shape, as his was the love of the dark beyond human settlements, from whence spring the things that haunt men in the darkness. The creatures of the underways beneath the world do homage to him, for his darkness is that of things beyond the influence of both men and gods.
 **'''''Ronwe''', Messenger, The Unlit Pedagogue'' ([[Wordman]])<br>Darkness compels not because it is dangerous, but because it holds secrets -- forbidden knowledge, hidden feelings and concealed lusts. Ronwe embodies these secrets and lives to teach any willing to shun the light for them. Known for skilled instruction in the art of love, Ronwe's presence fills those nearby with a lust they long to hide until it may be slaked in the comfort of darkness. Calling Ronwe from full shadow, craftier summoners know that much more than carnal knowledge may be gleaned from the darkness. In the light, Ronwe conceals its true face with the appearance of the physical type the viewer most desires, but in darkness it is comfortably shapeless, forming whatever limb or orifice is needed for the lesson at hand.
 ***'''''Shirikai''', the Zealot Shades'' ([[Wordman]])<br>Ronwe doesn't only teach the living, but the dead cannot handle such lessons and remain intact. Seducing ghosts provides Ronwe a tireless pleasure, as it fills the ranks of the Yozis at the expense of the Malfeans. Ghosts who share Ronwe's bed wake transformed into shadows, exhilarated with their new knowledge and reveling under the shadow of the Ebon Dragon. Their exuberance and semi-insubstantial nature provide a vigor, utility and lust to please rarely seen from other demons, so long as they are kept from the light.
 **'''''Gruidtsuru''', Wisdom, The Aviary of Ink Wings'' ([[Wordman]])<br>Many souls have been lost in fascination with the patterns produced by the writhing storm of jet-black ink and feathers that forms Gruidtsuru. It ''knows'' something, maybe everything, but for most of Creation its compelling, swirling blackness hold only madness and a concealed shrieking vortex leading to Malfeas. Its children are the only path it offers to its knowledge, cast out into Creation like birds thrown from their nest, and never welcome home without suitable offerings.
 ***'''''Geranosi''', the Broken-Winged Crane'' ([[Wordman]])<br>An alternative to the more involved version of this book of evil spelled out by [[FourWillowsWeeping]] in the [[Oramus]] entry, these demons are twisted and corrupt shadows of their creator, embodied in books. What's more, they know they are flawed, that their only hope of being made whole is to bring a reader, the more powerful the better, home. They lack mobility and voice, but when their knowledge is inevitably accessed, most will introduce their reader to Gruidtsuru, one way or another. Others hate themselves and their maker, and will connect to another demon out of spite. Still others have been usurped and converted to serve other masters.
-**<i><b>[[Shataina/Anjelen | Anjelen]]</b>, Wisdom and Indulgent, The Blood-Sacrament</i> ([[Shataina]])<br>Anjelen, a double-sexed being, is a dichotomy within itself: male, it is an ascetic priest; female, it is a veritable Maenad. It loves sacred things, but its definitions of sacred and profane shift with its sex, along with its beliefs and emotions. The wise sorcerer avoids it, for they say that even some bindings do not apply to all its forms.
+**<i><b>[[Shataina/Anjelen|Anjelen]]</b>, Wisdom and Indulgent, The Blood-Sacrament</i> ([[Shataina]])<br>Anjelen, a double-sexed being, is a dichotomy within itself: male, it is an ascetic priest; female, it is a veritable Maenad. It loves sacred things, but its definitions of sacred and profane shift with its sex, along with its beliefs and emotions. The wise sorcerer avoids it, for they say that even some bindings do not apply to all its forms.
 *<b>Euthychia</b>, The Bull Slain on Stagnation's Altar
 *<b>Marsilion</b>, the Eidolon of Shadow ([[Quendalon]])<br>In every shadowed hall and darkened cellar of the Demon City, Marsilion waits.  He exists to know and to share the solitude of the shadows, and his patience is boundless.  The demons of Malfeas bring light with them whenever they tread the dark places lest they fall victim to his power.  Marsilion has no body of his own; he manifests by possessing a mortal host, which hardens into a slowly moving statue of black stone, and he will do the same to any summoner who fails to provide a suitable vessel.  In his presence, dead flesh turns to stone and shed blood becomes a fine black dust that sifts away on the wind.  His touch petrifies flesh and bone, turning victims into living statues, immobile but aware, forever trapped in a prison of obsidian or basalt.  He may offer a summoner knowledge of anything that occurs in darkness.
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 *<i><b>[[FrivYeti/Avadonis|Avadonis]]</b>, The Shadow That Casts Itself</i> ([[FrivYeti]])<br> A consuming shadow-beast, Avadonis brings death with his steps, and is a careless force for unmaking in the world.
 *'''''Helisquinde''', the Light That Casts the Shadows'' ([[Quendalon]])<br>Even the brightness of the Green Metal Sun is as a candle-flame before the blaze of Helisquinde.  She drifts through the streets of the Demon City like a hurricane of white brilliance; those caught in her glare burn away, leaving only their shadows behind.  Whatsoever endures her radiance casts a second shadow forever after.  One so marked attracts the creatures of the night, and if it has a soul, an inexorable darkness sprouts and burgeons therein.  On such occasions as Helisquinde desires a mortal shape, she shrouds her radiance behind a veil of cold mist, so that she is merely as bright as a winter’s day.  In this semblance, her exquisite beauty inspires an unnatural, poisonous envy.  She is both passionate and calculating, compassionate and cruel; when she tests the strong with her beauty and her fire, she dreams of their success but relishes their failure.
-*<i><b>[[TedPro/Fendoril | Fendoril]]</b>, The Heart Of Ice And Shadow</i> <br> Within every human is the capacity to die within, and Fendoril can then make that human's heart into ice. Fendoril loves to do so; he offers the cold comfort of mercilessness. The Heart of Ice and Spiders is without remorse.
+*<i><b>[[TedPro/Fendoril|Fendoril]]</b>, The Heart Of Ice And Shadow</i> <br> Within every human is the capacity to die within, and Fendoril can then make that human's heart into ice. Fendoril loves to do so; he offers the cold comfort of mercilessness. The Heart of Ice and Spiders is without remorse.
 **Sekai, the Shadow-Rider (third circle demon unknown)

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 I'll second that "Great stuff", even to the point of particularly liking the Eggshell Sentry.  Just tweaked Inchoal, myself, after deciding that the previous version wasn't as interesting as it could be. - [[Translucidity]]
-<i>Interesting stuff; I particularly like Sossurl.  I agree with FWW, however: as per the introduction on the main [[EbonDragon/ATaxonomyOfMadness]] page, the descriptions should be brief and to the point, no more than a paragraph of a few sentences, as these pages are meant for summaries, not for full NPC writeups.  Additional information to flesh out a demon should go on its own page. - [[Quendalon]]</i>
+<i>Interesting stuff; I particularly like Sossurl.  I agree with FWW, however: as per the introduction on the main[[EbonDragon/ATaxonomyOfMadness]] page, the descriptions should be brief and to the point, no more than a paragraph of a few sentences, as these pages are meant for summaries, not for full NPC writeups.  Additional information to flesh out a demon should go on its own page. - [[Quendalon]]</i>
 Good job on mentioning First-Circle progeny, by the way.  I'm going to separate those out into their own entries, though. - [[FourWillowsWeeping]]
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 Defining, Expressive, Indulgent, Messenger, Reflective, Warden and Wisdom are the standard terms used in titles; given that Jugurtha already has a Messenger aspect defined, may I suggest Wisdom? - it still fits nicely with the hoarding of secrets IMO. - [[Translucidity]]
-[[Falcon]] - Right. I think we're looking at different lists, but Jugurtha <I>does</I> already have a Messenger. Wisdom it is, then. Edit edit edit...
+[[Falcon]] - Right. I think we're looking at different lists, but Jugurtha <I>does[[EbonDragon/I]]> already have a Messenger. Wisdom it is, then. Edit edit edit...
 In hindsight, I'm wondering whether Marsilion and/or Jugurtha really feel like Third Circle demons, or whether they would be better suited to the Second Circle.  Thoughts? - [[Quendalon]]

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 ***'''''Shirikai''', the Zealot Shades'' ([[Wordman]])<br>Ronwe doesn't only teach the living, but the dead cannot handle such lessons and remain intact. Seducing ghosts provides Ronwe a tireless pleasure, as it fills the ranks of the Yozis at the expense of the Malfeans. Ghosts who share Ronwe's bed wake transformed into shadows, exhilarated with their new knowledge and reveling under the shadow of the Ebon Dragon. Their exuberance and semi-insubstantial nature provide a vigor, utility and lust to please rarely seen from other demons, so long as they are kept from the light.
 **'''''Gruidtsuru''', Wisdom, The Aviary of Ink Wings'' ([[Wordman]])<br>Many souls have been lost in fascination with the patterns produced by the writhing storm of jet-black ink and feathers that forms Gruidtsuru. It ''knows'' something, maybe everything, but for most of Creation its compelling, swirling blackness hold only madness and a concealed shrieking vortex leading to Malfeas. Its children are the only path it offers to its knowledge, cast out into Creation like birds thrown from their nest, and never welcome home without suitable offerings.
-***'''''Geranosi''', the Broken-Winged Crane'' ([[Wordman]])<br>An alternative to the more involved version of this book of evil spelled out by FourWillowsWeeping in the [[Oramus]] entry, these demons are twisted and corrupt shadows of their creator, embodied in books. What's more, they know they are flawed, that their only hope of being made whole is to bring a reader, the more powerful the better, home. They lack mobility and voice, but when their knowledge is inevitably accessed, most will introduce their reader to Gruidtsuru, one way or another. Others hate themselves and their maker, and will connect to another demon out of spite. Still others have been usurped and converted to serve other masters.
+***'''''Geranosi''', the Broken-Winged Crane'' ([[Wordman]])<br>An alternative to the more involved version of this book of evil spelled out by [[FourWillowsWeeping]] in the [[Oramus]] entry, these demons are twisted and corrupt shadows of their creator, embodied in books. What's more, they know they are flawed, that their only hope of being made whole is to bring a reader, the more powerful the better, home. They lack mobility and voice, but when their knowledge is inevitably accessed, most will introduce their reader to Gruidtsuru, one way or another. Others hate themselves and their maker, and will connect to another demon out of spite. Still others have been usurped and converted to serve other masters.
 **<i><b>[[Shataina/Anjelen | Anjelen]]</b>, Wisdom and Indulgent, The Blood-Sacrament</i> ([[Shataina]])<br>Anjelen, a double-sexed being, is a dichotomy within itself: male, it is an ascetic priest; female, it is a veritable Maenad. It loves sacred things, but its definitions of sacred and profane shift with its sex, along with its beliefs and emotions. The wise sorcerer avoids it, for they say that even some bindings do not apply to all its forms.
 *<b>Euthychia</b>, The Bull Slain on Stagnation's Altar
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 ***<i><b>Uthiul</b>, the Vitreous Jailer</i> ([[Mockery]])<br>There is no set shape to an Uthiul, merely a color, a glassy, smoky, and empty grey that neither reflects light nor lets it through.  They hide easily, rarely larger than a handful of their substance, and move quickly to engulf anything that catches their eye, or that a sorceror commands them to consume.  Their touch is smooth and cool, and in less than a minute, the tiny blob can engulf a large man, and then suddenly collapse back to its regular size.  Anything or anyone thus eaten goes Elsewhere, to remain until the Uthiul elects to give up what it has eaten.
 **<i><b>[[Mockery/Mellamy|Mellamy]]</b>, Indulgent, Confessor Wreathed in Grey</i> ([[Mockery]])<br>All men and women have secrets. Desires wear away self-control, and one's holding back slowly gives way, and a dam-burst of vice is the result. Mellamy will listen to you. Mellamy will absolve your sins. She smiles, takes your hand, and for one last night, those whom she blesses indulge themselves with her as they see fit, be it in gambling, drink, drugs, sex, or violence, until they pass out from exhaustion. When the sun rises again on them, their sins seem distant and far away, and the concept of indulging again, just a little, is foreign to them, though new vices will always spring up to take their place. Mellamy appears as a lovely, tempting young woman with ruddy hair and grey eyes, dressed in argent sheets and veils that never truly reveal, but hint at what must lay beneath. She may take other forms, though this is her favorite.  No matter what shape she wears, she may be picked out by her necklace of clam-shells.
-***<i><b>[[Mockery/PearlChild|The Pearl Child]]</b></i> ([[Mockery]], FourWillowsWeeping)<br><i>Multiple versions behind link</i>
+***<i><b>[[Mockery/PearlChild|The Pearl Child]]</b></i> ([[Mockery]], [[FourWillowsWeeping]])<br><i>Multiple versions behind link</i>
 ***<i><b>Tosuir</b>, The Scourge of Souls</i> ([[Mockery]])<br>Mellamy's purpose is dual:  to draw sin out where it exists, and purge it.  To this end, she will at times crush one of the myriad shells that circle her neck, and cast the pieces away covered in her blood, and they form into a serpent.  The newborn Tosuir searches out the guilty, and with its venom leaves them guilt-ridden, suffering regret for anything and everything that one may have doubts over.  Those who commit suicide under such circumstances lose their souls to the Tosuir, and this strengthens them.
 **<i><b>[[Mockery/Trespan|Trespan]]</b>, Wisdom, the Mourning Sage</i> ([[Mockery]])<br>It is said that when Trespan first came into being, birthed from the wisdom of Echthros, he looked to his father and spoke The Truth. His words were not recorded, or perhaps they were, but the Rip in the World-Cloth has long since consumed them. He was cursed then and there to suffer, to know exactly what he looked at, to see nothing but the truth, the most awful truth there was. Since then, he has cycled between preternatural calm and insanity, regenerating his eyes only to tear them out when his too-keen vision divulges too much.
-***<i><b>[[Mockery/Fasherai|Fasherai]]</b>, the Cast-Off Revelation</i> ([[Mockery]], FourWillowsWeeping)<br><i>Multiple versions behind link</i>
+***<i><b>[[Mockery/Fasherai|Fasherai]]</b>, the Cast-Off Revelation</i> ([[Mockery]], [[FourWillowsWeeping]])<br><i>Multiple versions behind link</i>
 ***<i><b>Merodui</b>, the Tangled Whispers</i> ([[Mockery]])<br>There is something else that Trespan is known for making:  just as he tears his own eyes from his face to bring himself into sanity, the last wordless hiss that emerges from his throat as he descends into madness also takes form as one of his offspring.  A Merodu manifests as a crimson tangle of thread that moves by extending part of itself from the tangle, only to form a new knot several yards away.  One can be cajoled into untangling itself, and may even allow itself to be woven into some article of clothing, a shirt or cloak.  There, it will mutter to itself and its wearer, telling lies and half-truths that they both wish to believe.
 **<i><b>[[Mockery/Oskilla|Oskilla]]</b>, Expressive, the Eggshell Sentry</i> ([[Mockery]])<br>To summon Oskilla, one must take the live egg of a bird. Any species of bird works, though certain First Age texts suggest the egg of a dove. The egg must be near hatching, though uncracked, and is placed within the summoning circle as the ritual begins. This egg and the new life it contains are annihilated in the summoning, and become the host for the massive, quasi-reptilian monstrosity that emerges, both strong of arm and quick of wit, and is oftened summoned for the visions he may induce.
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 **<i><b>Talios, Lord Of Air And Darkness</b>, Wisdom Soul of the Coils of Night</i> ([[Falcon]])<br>Building his shape out of transient shadows and the last breaths of mortals, Talios was always a greater power in Creation than in the stark green glare of Malfeas. When in the lands of mortals, everything spoken at night is carried to his ears by enslaved air spirits and he is constantly surrounded by a sussuration of nocturnal secrets. He is known to favour the number nine, although no one knows why, and he has not been sighted in Malfeas for centuries.
 *<i><b>Lethe</b>, The River of Forgetfulness</i> ([[CarpeMortem]]) <BR>Coiled about the heart of the Ebon Dragon the 932 currents of the river of forgetfulness flow in silence. Its waters forever calling to the souls of the dead, pulling them into its depths so that its icy waters may cleanse them of their memories, freeing them of their fetters and impurity so that they may once again join the wheel of reincarnation. When summoned into creation, the river Lethe takes the guise of a tall willowy woman, her eyes sewn shut, and her flesh like that of a mortal who has drowned. When enfleshed, the merest sound of her voice will strip soul from body, and memory from soul, readying those who listen to her silent speach to join again with the worlds cycle.
-*<i><b>[[FrivYeti/Avadonis|Avadonis]]</b>, The Shadow That Casts Itself</i> (FrivYeti)<br> A consuming shadow-beast, Avadonis brings death with his steps, and is a careless force for unmaking in the world.
+*<i><b>[[FrivYeti/Avadonis|Avadonis]]</b>, The Shadow That Casts Itself</i> ([[FrivYeti]])<br> A consuming shadow-beast, Avadonis brings death with his steps, and is a careless force for unmaking in the world.
 *'''''Helisquinde''', the Light That Casts the Shadows'' ([[Quendalon]])<br>Even the brightness of the Green Metal Sun is as a candle-flame before the blaze of Helisquinde.  She drifts through the streets of the Demon City like a hurricane of white brilliance; those caught in her glare burn away, leaving only their shadows behind.  Whatsoever endures her radiance casts a second shadow forever after.  One so marked attracts the creatures of the night, and if it has a soul, an inexorable darkness sprouts and burgeons therein.  On such occasions as Helisquinde desires a mortal shape, she shrouds her radiance behind a veil of cold mist, so that she is merely as bright as a winter’s day.  In this semblance, her exquisite beauty inspires an unnatural, poisonous envy.  She is both passionate and calculating, compassionate and cruel; when she tests the strong with her beauty and her fire, she dreams of their success but relishes their failure.
-*<i><b>[[TedPro/Fendoril | Fendoril]], The Heart Of Ice And Shadow</b></i> <br> Within every human is the capacity to die within, and Fendoril can then make that human's heart into ice. Fendoril loves to do so; he offers the cold comfort of mercilessness. The Heart of Ice and Spiders is without remorse.
+*<i><b>[[TedPro/Fendoril | Fendoril]]</b>, The Heart Of Ice And Shadow</i> <br> Within every human is the capacity to die within, and Fendoril can then make that human's heart into ice. Fendoril loves to do so; he offers the cold comfort of mercilessness. The Heart of Ice and Spiders is without remorse.
 **Sekai, the Shadow-Rider (third circle demon unknown)
 == Comments ==
-Great stuff, Mockery.  I particularly like the Eggshell Sentry. Two things, though: First, no Reflective soul?  Second, if you would be so kind as to limit your descriptions to a brief paragraph and update the Progeny Count on the main page.. oh, that's three... - FourWillowsWeeping (I've dealt with the count, of course.)
+Great stuff, Mockery.  I particularly like the Eggshell Sentry. Two things, though: First, no Reflective soul?  Second, if you would be so kind as to limit your descriptions to a brief paragraph and update the Progeny Count on the main page.. oh, that's three... - [[FourWillowsWeeping]] (I've dealt with the count, of course.)
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 I'll second that "Great stuff", even to the point of particularly liking the Eggshell Sentry.  Just tweaked Inchoal, myself, after deciding that the previous version wasn't as interesting as it could be. - [[Translucidity]]
-<i>Interesting stuff; I particularly like Sossurl.  I agree with FWW, however: as per the introduction on the main /ATaxonomyOfMadness page, the descriptions should be brief and to the point, no more than a paragraph of a few sentences, as these pages are meant for summaries, not for full NPC writeups.  Additional information to flesh out a demon should go on its own page. - [[Quendalon]]</i>
+<i>Interesting stuff; I particularly like Sossurl.  I agree with FWW, however: as per the introduction on the main [[EbonDragon/ATaxonomyOfMadness]] page, the descriptions should be brief and to the point, no more than a paragraph of a few sentences, as these pages are meant for summaries, not for full NPC writeups.  Additional information to flesh out a demon should go on its own page. - [[Quendalon]]</i>
-Good job on mentioning First-Circle progeny, by the way.  I'm going to separate those out into their own entries, though. - FourWillowsWeeping
+Good job on mentioning First-Circle progeny, by the way.  I'm going to separate those out into their own entries, though. - [[FourWillowsWeeping]]
 Done what I could about shortening the entries.  I'll put the full writeups back on my own page later.  I had my own ideas for The Pearl Children and the Fasherai, but the Tosuir can serve that puepose, and the Fasherai is almost spot-on with what I had in mind.([[Mockery]])
-Awesome! It'll be great to have the long writeups still bouncing around.  I'd be really interested to see what you had in mind for your version of the First-Circles... I just thought I'd try and riff off your ideas.  It's fun! - FourWillowsWeeping
+Awesome! It'll be great to have the long writeups still bouncing around.  I'd be really interested to see what you had in mind for your version of the First-Circles... I just thought I'd try and riff off your ideas.  It's fun! - [[FourWillowsWeeping]]
 <i>The Ferthan is the new one, eh?  It's pretty cool! - [[Quendalon]]</i>